On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Ghodmode wrote: >> http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-background/#the-border-image >> >> (in general, when reading specs it is a good idea to scroll to the top of >> the document and check that you see the latest version – follow the link >> 'latest…') >> >> Now note that the border-image part of the spec is not well implemented in >> the release version of various browsers (and require vendor prefixes mostly). > > It's also just a "Candidate Recommendation" draft. It hasn't been > finalized and may be subject to change at any time. > http://www.w3.org/standards/techs/css#drafts > http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#RecsCR
At the CR stage, the document is not expected to change much, save for minor mostly editorial changes. > It's not well implemented, but it's available in most browsers: What 'most' browser (all current release versions actually) have implemented is based on an older text (from 2008) and doesn't really match the current spec. this one, actually: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-css3-background-20080910/#the-border-image > Safari: > http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariCSSRef/Articles/StandardCSSProperties.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001266--webkit-border-image Wow, that is severely outdated. It is based on a very old draft. (The whole Safari CSS reference on developer.apple.com seems to be in bad shape. It used to be more up-to-date. Weird.) > Mozilla: > https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/border-image (doesn't load at the moment;) It almost certainly describes the 'old' spec as well and need to be updated to the latest (to match what the future firefox 12 will support). I pointed to using nightly builds for analysing, exploring an testing this property fro a reason. Most release browsers that support 'border-image' do so base on a 2008 text, which is quite limited compare to the present text. Nightly builds of Gecko and WebKit are in the process of implementing the most recent text. And no, it is not really backwards compatible. Philippe -- Philippe Wittenbergh http://l-c-n.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
